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Colorado Division of Water Resources issues guidance for implementation of the St. Jude’s ruling

Recently, the Division for Water Resources (“DWR”) issued written instructions reflecting the State Engineer’s direction to Division Engineers concerning consultation and administration duties in light of the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling in St. Jude’s Co. v. Roaring Fork Club.

General Assembly passes the Colorado Water Rights Protection Act

The Colorado Water Rights Protection Act (click here to access the bill) unanimously passed the House and Senate, and Governor Hickenlooper signed the bill on April 21. The bill is aimed at protecting state water rights on federal lands.… [Read More]

In LR Smith Investments, LLC v. Butler, the Colorado Court of Appeals heard an appeal of a trial court decision finding that two prescriptive easements existed. In Colorado, a party acquires a prescriptive easement when the prescriptive use is (1) open and notorious; (2) continuous without effective interruption for at least 18 years; and (3) either adverse or pursuant to an attempted but ineffective grant.… [Read More]

CO Court of Appeals Orders Plaintiff in Trespass Action to Sell Land to Defendant

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